Pre*lect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.] To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.

Pre*lect", v. i. To discourse publicly; to lecture.

Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.

To prelect upon the military art.